Floor oiler



May 3,1927. 1,626,991

A. WEBER FLOOR 0mm Filed April 22. 1926 2 Sheets-Smet 1 May a, 1921.

1,626,991 A. WEBER FLOOR oILER l Filed M1122, 192,6 2 sheets-snm 2 Patented May 3, 1927.

' `UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM WEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLOOR OILER.

Application filed April 22,

nesses and did not operate very satisfactorily and efficiently. llt is the object of this invention to provide a device which will overcome and cure the faults in construction found in my former patent. l

Other objects will appear' as the disclosure progresses. The drawings are intended merely to indicate a possible embodiment of the invention. It is obvious therefore that the actual needs of manufacture may necessitate certain mechanical changes. It is therefore not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment illustrated but rather to define such limits in the appended claim.

For a more detailed understanding of the invention attention is now called to the drawings in which a preferred embodiment is shown illustrated.

Fig. 1 is a front view of the oiler.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section of the valve.

Fig. 5 is a lower front view looking in the direction of arrow A of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the distributing chamber.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the cam in a partly unassembled position.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the bottom of the distributing chamber.

Fig. 9 is a view of a modified form of the cam construction.

Fig. 10 is a view looking in the direction of arrow B of Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a similar view as Fig. 9 with the cam shown in an upturned position.

Referring to the drawings in detail in which like reference characters denote like parts throughout the specification, numeral 1 designates the body of the device forming a reservoir for the oil and 2 the distributing chamber. The oil reservoir and the distributing chamber are formed of individual and separate compartments and are joined together by the upstanding ears 3 integral with the sides of the distributing chamber.

The distributing chamber comprises a rigid side 4, a flexible side 5 and a V-shaped top 6 having a series of holes 7 therein for the oil to drip through and spread itself on the pair of felt oilers 8. At the ends are 1926. seran No. 103,856.

the ears 3 which are joined to the reser voir 1.

The lower ends of the sides of the distributing chamber numerals 4 and 5 are bent inwardly as at 9 and clamped in the bends are angular supports 10 having teeth 11 attached therein to keep the felt oilers 8 .inl

place.

Attached to the walls of the distributing chambers are a pair of straps 12 and supported therein is a rod 13 to vwhich is at tached a cam 14 for bending the side wall 5 inwardly so the angular supports 10 will firmly hold the floor oilers in place.

For releasing the oilers the handle 15 attached to the cam is swung downwardly. This will bring the cam out of contact with the wall 5 and allow it to move outward, thus releasing the pair of felts.

The cam as noted in Fig. 7 is triangular in cross section. The bearing face 16 has inward bent edges at the top and bottoni 16a which grip the inward bent edges 16b of the V-shaped cooperating member 17 and thus forming a rigid structure. Attached to the inside of the member 17 is the pivoting rod 13.

To regulate the outflow of the oil a valve 18 attached to the flat bottom of the oil reservoir is provided. The valve body has an inlet port 19 and an outlet port 20. Above the outlet port is an internally threaded sleeve 21 into which fits the end of the threaded stem 22. The bottom of the Stem is rounded and is adapted to contact with the valve seat 23 when the oil supply is desired to be shut off.

Attached to the body of the reservoir is a handle. socket 24 and firmly bracing the socket in place is a bracket 25.

The operation of this device is as follows: A pair of felt oilers 8 are inserted in the distributing chamber and clamped in place through the medium of the cam 14. The end of the valve stem is seated on the valve seat and then oil is poured into the oil reservoir through the opening 26 at the top. By turning the valve .stem the valve opening can be made large or small and allow the oil to pass into the distributing chamber and thence on the felted Oilers to a greater or lesser degree.

The felt oilers are preferably made in two parts and are so arranged that the oil will drip down on them where the join each other and thence pass down to tlie Hoor. It

Will thus be seen that the inner sides 8a Will be impregnated more than the outer sides and a small reservoir Will be formed at 27 and thus allow the oil to be spread evenly on the floor in an eiieient and satisfactory manner without wasting any oil.

Referring to the modiication shown in Figs. 9, 10 and 11, numeral 12,ADL designates the straps and 14; the cam. VJithin the ends of the straps are .slots 14th and 141. Movable in the crescent shaped slot 14" is a pin 14d attached to the wall member 1G 01 the cam. As will be 'seen in Fig. 11 when the cam is turned upward for releasing the iiexible Wall member 5 in order to remove the 'felt Oilers the cam will also move backward. Il? no allowance is made ii'or this backward movement of the cam, tbe edge 111C on striking the flexible Wall membei` 5 will force same in further against the felt Oilers and make Leeeeei the operation of the cam more diliicnlt and besides ailow the teeth 11 tO cut further in the Oiling felts.

Having thus described my invention, what l desire to secure by the United States Letters Patent is:

Claim- In a 'Hoor oiler ol: the class described, a reservoir, a distributing chamber attached to said reservoir, a pair of floor Oilers gripped in place in said chamber, one of the said walls of the chamber being fixed and the other being); movable towards and from the opposing lined wall, a cam carried by the receptacle and engaging the movable side wall, and means to cause the cam to move backwards when partly revolved for releasing` or for gripping the said Oilers.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

ABRAHAM WEBER. 

